Washington, DC – June 18, 2014 Dr. Xavier Lopez, Senior Director of Product Management for Oracle Spatial, will deliver a keynote at COM.* 2014 conference which will be held on Auguest 4-6, 2014, Washington, DC. For the past sixteen years, he has led Oracle’s efforts to incorporate spatial technologies across Oracle’s database, application server, and application business.

Dr. Xavier Lopez has over twenty years of experience in the area of GIS and spatial databases. He is currently focusing on high performance spatial computing and linked open data. He holds advanced degrees in engineering and planning from the University of Maine, MIT, and the University of California, Davis. He is currently a member of the US National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC). Xavier is a past member of the Mapping Science Committee of the National Academy of Science, which advises the nation on mapping activities.

Other Conference Updates

Friday Deadline - June 20: Early Registration (1-for-3) to Save up to $300

COM.* 2014 has expanded to three more emerging tech areas, Big Data, driverless cars, and geospatial computing. COM.Geo has been playing a guiding role to advancing the technologies in computing for geospatial research and application since it was initiated 5 years ago.

This year, COM.* conferences and summits will focus on COM.BigData 2014, COM.DriverelessCar 2014, and COM.Geo 2014. All three will take place in the same time frame and conference center in August in Washington DC, USA as well as COM.* online Virtual Conference center.

Several leading keynotes and insightful panels from U.S. federal government and world-class industries and universities will be open to all the attendees of the three conferences and summits. There will be a great opportunity for everyone to learn trends, share visions, exchange ideas, discuss details, and expand networking circles.